Today's News

Not long ago, I was speaking to a group of high-school students when one raised his hand, declared that he wanted to run for Congress and asked what he should study in order to prepare. I suspect my answer surprised him. I told him to study English.

INDIANAPOLIS – In response to communication from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles announced changes this week to its SecureID initiative that impacts those renewing driver's licenses or ID cards in 2010.

PERRY COUNTY – Once again, the "spare change" of Southern Indiana members has helped many people in our communities.

Thanks to cooperative members who allow their bill to be rounded up to the nearest dollar, many nonprofit organizations serving the people of Southern Indiana Power have been able to benefit from this program.

BLOOMINGTON – Tell City native J. Robert Rossman, Ph.D. was presented the W.W. Patty Distinguished Alumni Award by the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at Indiana University.

The award was presented Oct. 17 and is the oldest and most prestigious alumni recognition presented by the school to one of its graduates who has demonstrated outstanding personal and professional achievement.

Rossman is currently an author, speaker and consultant on recreation program design and management as well as designing customer experiences.

Many Perry Countians are Indianapolis Colts football fans, and some of them are understandably irate at Colts Coach Jim Caldwell’s benching his starters early in the third quarter against the New York Jets Dec. 27.

The Colts, who were 14-0 and had a chance to join the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the only team to go undefeated through the regular-season and playoffs, led only 15-10 early in the third quarter when Caldwell benched all of his key starters, including superstar quarterback Peyton Manning.